12:20 AM,
Aug. 20, 2013

Very few defensive ends have a mind-blowing impact as a freshman. Can Robert Nkemdiche change that?

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It has become something of a parlor game, with a simple question to kick things off: Just how good is Ole Miss freshman Robert Nkemdiche?

The trick being that, at least so far, mythology has not been necessary. The facts are good enough: the No. 1 overall recruit in the country showed up to Oxford at 6-foot-4, 297 pounds and with a six-pack. He's been clocked in the 40-yard dash at around 4.6 seconds, too, and remember now, this is a defensive end we're talking about.

He's not just a workout warrior either, as Ole Miss' offensive linemen can attest to. He bulldozed Ethan Hutson, putting the sophomore ...